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The Kokanee Detective Agency and other curiosities
A roundup of unusual stories, including a long-haired mail carrier, and a couple who married in their mid-80s.

Greg Nesteroff
May 223 min read


The Rossland Mystery Booster
In 1992, a classified ad appeared in The Mystery Review, a now-defunct quarterly magazine, that read as follows: Put Rossland, British...

Greg Nesteroff
Mar 11, 20182 min read


Baker Streets of the Kootenays
When he wasn’t out sleuthing, Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street in London. According to Wikipedia , at the time Sir Arthur Conan...

Greg Nesteroff
Mar 9, 20182 min read


Canada’s Sherlock Holmes got his start in Trail
I just finished reading Eve Lazarus’ book Blood, Sweat, and Fear, about John F.C.B. Vance (1884-1964), a Vancouver forensic scientist who...

Greg Nesteroff
Jan 7, 20181 min read
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